Neil Nosakowski, Corrigan’s Chief Information Officer, explains that in recent years the company’s legacy phone system was becoming increasingly problematic in terms of cost, reliability, and lack of functionality.
“We had on-prem infrastructure with PBX systems at every location, and the hardware was wearing out and creating reliability problems,” Neil says. “Worse, anytime we had even a small issue or wanted to make a change to the system, we’d have to contact the vendor and wait.”
Corrigan’s employees were also becoming frustrated with the phone system’s lack of capabilities, Neil explains. “The moving industry still runs primarily on phone calls, but when our employees left their desks, they couldn’t stay in communication with customers or partners unless they gave out their personal numbers. They also didn’t have the ability to text from their business lines, which a growing number of customers want as a communication option.”
Finally, Neil points out that even if the company had been happy with its legacy phone system, the costs to maintain it were becoming untenable.